{"id":87,"date":"2020-05-12T09:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T14:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2024-09-25T08:35:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:35:35","slug":"new-wac-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/new-wac-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"New WAC certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Two kinds of WAC certification<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Option A (Portfolio).<\/strong> This certification requires a WAC portfolio. This option can only be started once you have taught at least one WI course, which is taught under option B certification. Instructors with Option A certification can request the WI designation on their classes without first submitting a syllabus for review. Complete information about portfolios is available in the <strong>WAC<\/strong> organization in MU Online, and the WAC office is glad to discuss the portfolio process with you individually.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Option B (Non-portfolio).<\/strong> This certification begins by attending a fall or spring WAC event for new WAC faculty. Instructors with this certification need to submit a syllabus for each WI course and complete the online self-evaluation form. Each class must be reviewed by the WAC office before the WI designation can be applied.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Steps to teach a WI course<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Attend a WAC training session.<\/strong> There is a fall WAC workshop and a spring WAC symposium. Either of these will allow you to begin the certification process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make sure your course meets all of the WAC requirements.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Submit your course materials.<\/strong> WAC instructors who are not portfolio certified need to submit a syllabus for each WI course. The submission form includes the syllabus self-evaluation questions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recertify every three years.<\/strong> Information about recertification is given in the document <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/files\/2024\/09\/Writing-Across-the-Curriculum-WAC-Recertification-Guidelines.pdf\">Continue and Recertify as a WAC instructor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two kinds of WAC certification Option A (Portfolio). This certification requires a WAC portfolio. This option can only be started once you have taught at least one WI course, which is taught under option B certification. Instructors with Option A certification can request the WI designation on their classes without first submitting a syllabus for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}